Winston Churchill Quotes

I do not hold that we should rearm in order to fight. I hold that we should rearm in order to parlay.

In War: Resolution. In Defeat: Defiance. In Victory: Magnanimity. In Peace: Goodwill.

In defeat, unbeatable; in victory, unbearable. (of Montgomery)

Never give in! Never give in! Never, never, never, never – in nothing great or small, large or petty – never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense.

Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It fulfils the same function as pain in the human body. It calls attention to an unhealthy state of things.

Courage is the first of the human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees all the others.

Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.

Without courage, all others virtues lose their meaning.

This is no time for ease and comfort. It is the time to dare and endure.

Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.